Improvement in vehicle-springs



UNITED STM-Es PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM BEERS, OF MILAN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLE-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.. 168,128, datedSeptember 28, 1875; application led June 17, 1875. A

ATo all whom tt may concern body.v Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is anend view,

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

This 'invention is a combination, in a buggycarriage, of a thorough-brace, side springs, and transverse springs, so arranged i-n respect toeach other and to the gear of the vehicleaud body thereof, that thespecial char-V acter of each acts and reacts upon the other, therebymaking a very easy riding-carriage.

Of the construction and operation of the invention the following is afull and complete description In the drawings, A B represent theaxletree beds or stocks, to which are secured the cross-,springs O,wherein are loosely inserted the ends of the rods E. To each end of therods is rigidly secured a shackle, F, to the lower end of which areattached the ends of the side springs G, as shown in Fig. l. H are sidebars secured to the side springs Gr. On the ends of the side bars aresecured the cross-bars I, having attached thereto the thorough-braces J,whereon is supported the box K of the carriage, all of which isconstructed and arranged substantially as herein described, and shown inthe drawings.

1t will be obvious that by this special arrangement and combination oftheside springs Gand cross-springs O, together with the thorough-braces,they will act conjointly and upon tached to C-springs, or by means ofjacks,

Whichare quite expensive.

The side bars sustain the strain of the thoroughdoraces endwise; hence,there can be no drawing toward each other of the front and hind axles,whereas the jacks and C-springs (usually employed for sustaining thethoroughbraces) being supported by reaches or perches tend to draw thefront and hind axles together, producing an unfavorable strain upon therunning-gear-of the carriage. In shackling the side springs to the end lsprings this tendency ofthe axles to turn and draw toward each other islessened so much that ope reach, L, only is needed to obtain thenecessary strength to resist such tendency of the axles alluded to.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The combination of the thorough-brace J, cross-bar I, side spar H, ,sidespring Gr, at-

tached to the cross-spring C, substantially v in the manner as hereindescribed, and for

